Wavenet gets $1.6M order from Mobitex China

The modems for China have been ordered by Mobitex Technology AB (MTAB) a wireless technology developer based in Sweden. MTAB recently opened a new office in Beijing and is responsible for selling and supporting the Mobitex technology throughout East Asia.

The office will also produce a new line of Mobitex products particularly tailored to the electric power market in China and the Wavenet BM3 OEM modem will now be a part of this offering.

According to Brett Roelofsen, Wavenet’s acting general manager Wavenet BM3 technology was selected against significant international competition.

“The production orders from Parkeon, Mowic and Mobitex Technology follows evaluations and trials of our products in many places,” said Roelofsen.

It is expected the engineering development work for MTAB will extend through the end of the
2008 financial year with, production shipments to China commencing in the first quarter of 2009.

According to Roelofsen, this win follows recent Mobitex modem orders by Parkeon for United Kingdom, France, Netherlands and Belgium, and by Mowic AB for country of Sweden.

Shipments to both Parkeon and Mowic commenced in December 2007 and a follow-up
shipment will be made to Parkeon in the third quarter of the 2008 financial year.